Dinner

Sardine, Chickpea and Spinach Stew

Name: Sardine, Chickpea and Spinach Stew
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 120 g Sardines in tomato sauce; 120 g Chickpeas, tinned and drained; 100 g Spinach; 60 g Onion; 150 g Chopped tomatoes, tinned; 5 g Olive oil; 2 cloves, about 6 g Garlic; One teaspoon Smoked paprika; Half a teaspoon Ground cumin

A Spanish stew of chickpeas, tomato and smoked paprika with spinach wilted in and a tin of sardines broken through at the end. 34 g of protein for 451 kcal.

Calories: 451kcal
Protein: 34g
Fat: 20g
Carbs: 35g

Per serving, makes 1. 20 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Fish

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Ingredients

Sardines in tomato sauce120 g
Tinned weight including the sauce.
Chickpeas, tinned and drained120 g
Drained weight. A 400 g tin drains to about 240 g.
Spinach100 g
Onion60 g
Chopped tomatoes, tinned150 g
Olive oil5 g
Garlic2 cloves, about 6 g
Smoked paprikaOne teaspoon
Ground cuminHalf a teaspoon

Method

Fry the chopped onion in the oil over a medium heat for six minutes, then add the garlic, paprika and cumin and stir for one more.
Add the tomatoes and chickpeas with a splash of water and simmer for eight minutes until the sauce thickens.
Stir in the spinach a handful at a time until it wilts.
Add the sardines with their sauce and break them into large pieces with a spoon. Warm through for two minutes without stirring much, and season with pepper.

Worth knowing

Espinacas con garbanzos is the Seville dish underneath this. Sardines turn it from a side into a dinner and bring the plate to 34 g of protein.
Tinned sardines are already cooked and fall apart if stirred. Two minutes to warm through and no more.

Other dinner recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every dinner between 450 and 600 calories a serving.

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